Two-Legged Puppy Gets 3-D Printed Wheelchair

Tumbles, who was born last month without his front legs, is now able
to get around with the help of a custom-built 3-D printed wheelchair. The puppy
was taken to Friends of the Shelter Dogs
in Ohio at two weeks old because he had trouble nursing. A volunteer for the
rescue and her husband came up with a design for some wheels for Tumbles, and
went to the Ohio University
Innovation Center to make it a reality. It took 14 hours for the center to
print the wheelchair. "Our
main goal [was] to get him off the ground. The second thing is to get him used
to it,” said Joe Jollick, lab director of the Innovation Center. "It's a
tiny, little puppy so it's going to take some work.” Tumbles will undergo
physical therapy to acclimate him to his wheels. Karen Pilcher, who fosters
Tumbles, said that despite his challenges, the puppy’s “spirit is incredible …
He’s perfectly happy and he loves to play.” — Watch it at ABC
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